Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to Worldbuilding

    • Introduction

    • What is Worldbuilding?

    • From Elfland to Poughkeepsie (Reading)

    • Worldbuilding Tools
  • 2

    Creating Your World

    • Before You Begin

    • Map Prompt #1

    • What makes ...

    • Idea Prompt #1 (Isaac Arthur):

    • Excerpt from The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy

    • Creating a Plot

    • We Don't Have Clarity ... Yet

    • Details, details, details ...

    • How Matthew Colville Builds a World

    • Creating Characters
  • 3

    Creating a Language

    • What is a Constructed Language?

    • Overlaps
  • 4

    Analyzing Examples of World Building

    • Literature

    • Critical Role

    • Bahumia (Not Another D&D Podcast)

    • The Wizard, The Witch, and The Wild One (Worlds Beyond Number)

    • Miyazaki

    • Exploring Video Game Examples
  • 5

    Putting It All Together

    • Revisiting Questions